What if one of those tracks was from a well known horse breeder who’s horses were considered the best?
Ha ! Well sure : And the same question could be asked EVEN IF THEIR WAS NO "racetrack" in the question/equation/formula. Ie: "
What if they were rich ?"
Leading to an assumption : "Therefore: Their yard must contain more goodies/coins", eh ?
The ONLY point-at-which this logic *MIGHT* be true, is within the caliber of jewelry. And this is assuming that jewelry is a person's objective, and assuming that someone even LOST jewelry, to begin with.
But no, it's not true about fumble fingers coins. Because, to the extent of someone "loosing a penny or a dime", the same fumble fingers rationale applies: A poor guy can loose a penny or dime JUST THE SAME WAY a rich guy does. Doh !
And this is all silly-talk in the first place (as it pertains to this discussion of race-tracks) : Because when we can agree that it could have been a private trotting track (aka, like someone's front yard), then we're no longer talking about "race courses" (which conjur up images of rodeos, public, bleachers, grandstands, etc...) in the first place. Right ?
(don't get "lost in the example") : My buddy and I found a "racetrack" on a 1900-ish topo map. Clearly an oval racetrack. Woohoo ! And lo & behold, we determined that the land had been owned (at the time of the topo map) by a very rich historical CA figure. Woohoo ! (thus, sure, they can afford private trotting tracks , blah blah). So we just ASSUMED that goodies awaited us, eh ? Because I had been the student of a local rodeo grandstands/track in the area I grew up in (that yielded hundreds of silver coins), so .... logically ... this should be the same, eh ?
But alas, nothing to speak of (barring some wheaties or whatever). So what was the difference ? Simple : Private trotting track (by some rich dude) vs a public rodeo or park or whatever.